Residents in a Tangipahoa Parish subdivision said they need help with flooding issues that aren't being handled by the retention pond.

Residents in a Tangipahoa Parish subdivision said they need help with flooding issues that aren't being handled by the retention pond.

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Updated: 6:23 PM CDT Jun 2, 2014

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WEBVTT SOUTHEASTLOUISIANA LIVING IN FLOOD PRONEAREAS. AND THAT INCLUDES ONETANGIPAHOA PARISH SUBDIVISION..WHERE RESIDENTSSAY THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITHDRAINAGE ISSUES FOR THE BETTERPART OF A YEAR. WDSU NORTHSHORE REPORTER HEATH ALLENTALKED TO RESIDENTS BEDICOMEADOWS.It's not right. I don't knowwhose fault it is but somebodyneeds to fix it.somebody needs to fix it. DONMARSHALL SAYS PARTS OF BEDICOMEADOWS LOOKS LIKE THISEVEN AFTER A MODERATE.. ANDTHINGS WENT FROM BAD TOWORSE AS THE HEAVY RAINCONTINUED TO FALL THIS PASTWEEKEND. IT ISN'T A NEWPROBLEM.. AND RESIDENTS WANTSOMETHING DONE. Evenmoderately. It doesn't have tobe a real heavy rainlike it was last weekend, thispast weekend, but if it rainsmoderately it just floods. Thiswhole area right herebecomes at least a foot, footand a half of water. When weget heavy rains we get waterthat comes upto the base of the garage and ascars go down the street, we riskgetting wakes pushed into thegarage andinto the front door, and that'shappened four times in 11months.PARISH OFFICIALS KNOW ABOUTTHEIR PROBLEM.. AND MANYOTHERS ACROSS TANGIPAHOAPARISH.. ISSUES THAT REARTHEMSELVES WHEN THE RAINS JUSTWON'T SEEM TO GO AWAY.You interrupted me fromcomplaints that I was alreadyon. People's yards are notdraining, road sideditches are filling, and ofcourse there's debris and soforth collecting in the ditches,and day after day of rain, itjust gets overwhelming. IT'S ACHALLENGING ISSUE IN ASUBDIVISION WITHSOME MANY HOMES.. AND MORE GOINGUP ALL THE TIME.There's about 500 homes outthere and of course when waterfalls on a roof top or drivewayit strictlyruns off. It doesn't slow down.THE SUBDIVISION RELIES ON ACOUPLE OF HUGE RETENTIONPONDS.. THAT HOLDS ALL OF THATRAIN WATER.. UNTIL ITCAN DRAIN WITHOUT FLOODING. THEWATERULTIMATELY FINDS ITS WAY TOBEDICO CREEK.. CONNECTED BY ASERIES OF CANALS. TO DO ANYWORK THERE COULD TAKEAPPROVAL FROM THE U-S ARMY CORPSOF ENGINEERS.Even though we've done a numberof projects, each time you goback to the Corps it's a processyou'vegot to go through. You've got toidentify, and it has to bereviewed and typically like yousaid it's not an overnightprocess. PARISH OFFICIALSBELIEVE THEY CAN GIVE RESIDENTSSOME RELIEF ..JUST EXACTLY WHAT THAT MIGHTBE.. THEY WON'T KNOW UNTIL THEYCAN GET OUT THERE AND PUT EYESON IT. WHEN THE RAIN LETS UP.ON YOUR SIDE IN BEDICO.. HEATHALLEN WDSUTHE PROBLEM NOW.. ACCORDING TOTANGIPAHOA PARISHOFFICIALS.. THE GROUND ISSATURATED.. AND MAKING DRAINAGETHAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AS LONGAS THE RAIN CONTINUES.AND IT IS OFFICIALLY HURRICANE